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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventor:
Anton Mayer-Dick, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 7/18 (2006.01); H01H 47/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 7/18 (2013.01); H01H 47/325 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for driving an inductive actuator having an actuating element and an actuator coil, includes initially acting on the actuator coil with a voltage having a first value in order to move the actuating element counter to a spring force and acting on the actuator coil with a voltage having a greater, second value at the beginning of the movement of the actuating element. The second voltage value is selected in dependence on how quickly the actuating element is intended to be moved.